{"id":248593,"date":"2023-06-19T20:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=248593"},"modified":"2023-06-19T20:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:42:27","slug":"mahindra-defence-begins-deliveries-of-armado-for-indian-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mahindra-defence-begins-deliveries-of-armado-for-indian-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahindra Defence begins deliveries of \u2018Armado\u2019 for Indian armed forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cMahindra Defence begins deliveries of \u2018Armado\u2019 for Indian armed forces\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Hindustan Times <\/b>on <b>18th June 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS), has started deliveries of \u2018Armado,\u2019 an Armoured Light Specialist Vehicle (ALSV) built for the Indian armed forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Armado?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armado is India\u2019s first Armoured Light Specialist Vehicle (ALSV).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Built by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a fully indigenous vehicle designed and built by the Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) for the Indian armed forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be used in counter-terrorism operations, raids in open and desert terrains, and reconnaissance missions. Special forces and quick reaction teams too can use it, doing so for conventional operations, weapon-carrying, border patrolling etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Features:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It can accommodate a driver and 5 passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Above the standard 1,000 kg load capacity, the ASLV can carry another 400 kg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It gets ballistic protection up to the B7 level and STANAG level-2. This means that its armour offers protection against armour-piercing rifles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It gets protection on all sides (front, side and rear) from ballistics and explosives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Armado takes just 12 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 160 kmph, and runs at a speed of more than 120 kmph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It also gets a self-cleaning-type exhaust scavenging and air filtration system for extreme dusty climate, like deserts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cMahindra Defence begins deliveries of \u2018Armado\u2019 for Indian armed forces\u201d published in Hindustan Times on 18th June 2023 What is the News? Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS), has started deliveries of \u2018Armado,\u2019 an Armoured Light Specialist Vehicle (ALSV) built for the Indian armed forces. What is Armado? Armado&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mahindra-defence-begins-deliveries-of-armado-for-indian-armed-forces\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mahindra Defence begins deliveries of \u2018Armado\u2019 for Indian armed forces<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[10595],"class_list":["post-248593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-hindustan-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}